Dankster Morgan
It is better this way
From your perspective as either a Sub-Zero main or someone who fights against him, what do you think his best variation is?
In my opinion, Dead of Winter is Sub-Zero's best variation but only slightly. Obviously, the ability to combo out of F2, but enhanced iceball is so freaking good and since he only has two specials in this variation, you almost always have meter to abuse it. Unfortunately though, it means giving up slide, which sacrifices a very deadly krushing blow, and an alternative but arguably better counter zoning tool than ex iceball. Which leads to Avalanche which is also arguably his best variation, having slide AND something to cancel into on block with kreeping ice is pretty great. The gimped klone is whatever but can be pretty helpful vs some characters or using sparingly. This is definitely his best corner rape variation with both kreeping ice and nerf klone being there. Thin Ice I think is the least useful, but certainly not bad. Air axe is useful, you keep slide, and DB2 can be good to chip out at the end of the round but other than that, it plus DF2 are slow and garbage. The projectiles imo definitely aren't worth giving up the ability to cancel F2 into something (although Thin Ice F2 is threatening again if slide KB is loaded, but then again Avalanche also has that). But yeah, Dead of Winter I think by just a tiny bit, I seriously am feeling like 51% Dead of Winter and 49% Avalanche, both are legit. That's basically my brain dump on the character, would be interested in your opinions.
Whatever variation you pick, why do you think this, and if you aren't a Sub-Zero main, who do you play that forms your opinion on this?
In my opinion, Dead of Winter is Sub-Zero's best variation but only slightly. Obviously, the ability to combo out of F2, but enhanced iceball is so freaking good and since he only has two specials in this variation, you almost always have meter to abuse it. Unfortunately though, it means giving up slide, which sacrifices a very deadly krushing blow, and an alternative but arguably better counter zoning tool than ex iceball. Which leads to Avalanche which is also arguably his best variation, having slide AND something to cancel into on block with kreeping ice is pretty great. The gimped klone is whatever but can be pretty helpful vs some characters or using sparingly. This is definitely his best corner rape variation with both kreeping ice and nerf klone being there. Thin Ice I think is the least useful, but certainly not bad. Air axe is useful, you keep slide, and DB2 can be good to chip out at the end of the round but other than that, it plus DF2 are slow and garbage. The projectiles imo definitely aren't worth giving up the ability to cancel F2 into something (although Thin Ice F2 is threatening again if slide KB is loaded, but then again Avalanche also has that). But yeah, Dead of Winter I think by just a tiny bit, I seriously am feeling like 51% Dead of Winter and 49% Avalanche, both are legit. That's basically my brain dump on the character, would be interested in your opinions.
Whatever variation you pick, why do you think this, and if you aren't a Sub-Zero main, who do you play that forms your opinion on this?
